Abstract
The global political landscape is experiencing a potent force currently reshaping the post-cold war liberal order once dominated by global elites. This paper attempt to explore how populist movements are eroding multilateralism, international norms, migration flows and free trade movements in favor of protectionism, nationalism and anti-immigrant policies. Populism advocate for mechanisms aiming to optimize national interests over global interests. The current World order is experiencing tremendous defections from climate change, human security governance and security governance arrangements which plays a pivotal role in shaping modern civilization. By undermining the values of humanity, this paper proposes strategies which can help enhance global cooperation and limit fragmentation in global governance. In order to address these challenges, the paper recommends enhancing global policies on inequality, democratic institutions, empowering civil societies and the promotion of social cohesion. The findings of these papers call for an urgent need in improving the current situation degrading situation by promoting cooperation, peace and stability globally in an increasingly constraints political environment.
The controversiality surrounding elitism around the world has gradually necessitated the rise of populist movements which defines a unique paradigm aimed at empowering the voices of ordinary citizens once forgotten by the global elites. Populism remains a contested concept, but generally, in its current political context, the term refers to a set of policies driven by a charismatic leader who claims to speak in the interests of ‘the people’ and against an ‘established elite’ (Hawkins, 2003, p. 1138).
States cooperate with international institutions to achieve a common interest through the application of shared values and norms by limiting conflicts amongst them. The objectives of foreign policy must be defined in terms of the national interest and must be supported with adequate power (Morgenthau, 1952, pp. 260).
The World today is constructed on national interests and values in which states optimized their domestic character in pursuit of their goals. These goals can only become materialized when national consensus reconcile with domestic interests which engender the rise of populist within state systems. Similarly, states in today's international politics are not only merely trying to maximize interest in the present but also to secure their future positions (Waltz, 1993. pp. 63). The question is, why is populism seems so recurrent on the global order which was once characterized by liberalization and prosperity of democratic societies and institutions?
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